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NASA Marshall Invites Media to Local Day of Remembrance Event January 21, 2025
NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, invites media to attend its observance of the agency’s Day of Remembrance at 9:30 a.m. CST Thursday, Jan. 23, in the lobby of Building 4221. Day of Remembrance honors the members of the NASA family who lost their lives while furthering the cause of exploration and discovery. […]
Beth Ridgeway
60 Years Ago: Uncrewed Gemini 2 Paves the Way for the First Crewed Mission January 21, 2025
On Jan. 19, 1965, Gemini 2 successfully completed the second of two uncrewed test flights of the spacecraft and its Titan II booster, clearing the way for the first crewed mission. The 18-minute suborbital mission achieved the primary goals of flight qualifying the Gemini spacecraft, especially its heat shield during a stressful reentry. Recovery forces […]
John J. Uri
Astronauts Set to Swab the Exterior of Station for Microbial Life January 21, 2025
Astronauts are scheduled to venture outside the International Space Station to collect microbiological samples during crew spacewalks for the ISS External Microorganisms experiment. This investigation focuses on sampling at sites near life support system vents to examine whether the spacecraft releases microorganisms, how many, and how far they may travel. This experiment could help researchers […]
Christine Giraldo

Xi and Putin hold video call after Trump's inauguration January 22, 2025
The two leaders pledged to bring China-Russia relations to "greater heights".
Tariffs on imports only way to get fairness, says Trump January 22, 2025
The new president accused Beijing of sending fentanyl to Mexico and Canada which ends up in the US.
Dangerous drug-resistant bacteria are spreading in Ukraine January 22, 2025
War appears to have accelerated the spread of pathogens resistant to antibiotics in the country.
Teddy Swims: 'Every day I try to cry a little bit' January 22, 2025
The Lose Control singer talks about masculine role models, becoming a father, and facing prejudice.
'A living hell': Sudanese women face rape and abuse in Libya January 22, 2025
The BBC hears about horrific violence five women experienced in Libya after fleeing war-torn Sudan.
Four injured in Tel Aviv stabbing attack January 21, 2025
The attacker, believed to be a Moroccan citizen with US residency, was shot dead at the scene.
Trump pardons give Jan 6 defendants nearly everything they wanted January 21, 2025
Some of the president's own team had signalled not all of those arrested over the Capitol riot would be released - until his order on Monday.
'A long fight full of tears': Why Thailand became a haven for LGBT couples January 21, 2025
Thailand is set to legalise same-sex marriage - one of the few places in Asia to do so. Why is it an outlier?
Israel's military chief resigns over 7 October 2023 failures January 21, 2025
Lt Gen Herzi Halevi says "the terrible failure" to prevent the Hamas attack "accompanies me every day".
Nine Palestinians killed as Israeli forces launch major operation in Jenin January 21, 2025
Israel's prime minister says the "extensive" operation aims to "defeat terrorism" in the West Bank city.

Neurotechnology Lets a Paralyzed Person Use Their Brain to Fly a Virtual Drone January 21, 2025
Learn how a brain-computer interface allowed a paralyzed patient to guide a quadcopter through a virtual course by thinking of moving their fingers.
Contagious Urinations Cause Chimps to Go in Groups January 21, 2025
Learn about a new study of captive chimpanzees, the first to identify the phenomenon of contagious urinations.
Ozempic and Other GLP-1s May Have Broader Health Benefits but Greater Risks January 21, 2025
Learn more about a new study claiming that GLP-1s could be used to treat cognitive conditions like dementia, but may pose a risk to other vital organs.

US scientist falsely accused of hiding ties to China sues university that fired him January 22, 2025
Nature, Published online: 22 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00153-9Feng ‘Franklin’ Tao says that the University of Kansas violated its own policies after he was wrongly arrested under the China Initiative.
Neil Savage
Octopuses changing colour rapidly incur a high metabolic cost January 21, 2025
Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00080-9Colour change in animals can occur over different timescales and aids communication and camouflage. Direct evidence of the associated energetic costs has been lacking, but now an experimental study of octopuses fills this gap.
Rafael C. Duarte
Quantum stocks boom then bust: is there science behind the whiplash? January 21, 2025
Nature, Published online: 21 January 2025; doi:10.1038/d41586-025-00196-yAmid stock-market jitters, quantum computing start-ups continue to make progress — and to score hundreds of millions of dollars in investments.
Davide Castelvecchi

Trump vows to leave Paris climate agreement and 'drill, baby, drill' January 21, 2025
The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.
'Dark oxygen' mission takes aim at other worlds January 18, 2025
Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.
Nasa astronaut stuck in space ventures outside January 17, 2025
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.

Trump vows to leave Paris climate agreement and 'drill, baby, drill' January 21, 2025
The White House announces a "national energy emergency" to reverse US climate regulations and boost oil and gas.
'Dark oxygen' mission takes aim at other worlds January 18, 2025
Gas from the seafloor has scientists wondering if oxygen could be found in the oceans of other planets.
Nasa astronaut stuck in space ventures outside January 17, 2025
Nasa astronaut Suni Williams, one of two astronauts stuck on the International Space Station, has completed her first spacewalk since arriving.
'Once-in-a-century' discovery reveals spectacular luxury of Pompeii January 17, 2025
A huge private bathhouse is found after lying hidden for 2,000 years under volcanic rock and ash.
SpaceX Starship test fails after Texas launch January 17, 2025
Officials at Elon Musk's company said the upper stage was lost, minutes after it launched.
Warning of stowaway snakes and tree-frogs hiding in pot plants January 17, 2025
Frogs, lizards, snakes and insect pests are being transported across the world on ornamental plants.
Nepal's leader says it has too many tigers. Does it? January 16, 2025
Wild tigers killed nearly 40 people in Nepal between 2019 and 2023. Solutions are hard to come by.
Rocket launch challenges Elon Musk's space dominance January 16, 2025
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos's space company blasts its first rocket into orbit in a challenge to Elon Musk.
India successfully conducts historic space-docking test January 16, 2025
India is only the fourth country in the world with such technology after United States, Russia and China.
Women held keys to land and wealth in Celtic Britain January 15, 2025
DNA analysis suggests Iron Age societies in Britain were built around women rather than men.

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